HOLLYWOOD >> A documentary on prisoners serving life sentences without the possibility of parole at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, will premiere on HBO at 9 p.m. Monday. “Toe Tag Parole: To Live and Die on Yard A, ...

POMONA >> Two young women died of suspected drug overdoses after attending the HARD Summer Festival in Pomona Saturday night, authorities said. The women, both 19, died after being hospitalized for reported drug overdoses in separate incid...

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Nation and World

HANOVER, Pa. >> Many Americans assumed the Confederate flag was retired for good after governors in South Carolina and Alabama removed it from their statehouses this summer and presidential candidates from both parties declared it too divisive for official display. But people still fly it, and not just in the South, despite announcements by leading flag-makers and retailers that they will no longer sell products showing the secessionist battle flag. Some who display it are...

By Mark Scolforo and Jeffrey Collins
The Associated Press
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Plane crashes

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia >> Malaysian officials said Sunday that they would seek help from territories near the island where a suspected piece of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was discovered to try to find more plane debris. A new piece of debris, meanwhile, found on Sunday on the French island of Reunion in the western Indian Ocean turned out to be a “domestic ladder,” and doesn’t belong to a plane, Malaysian Director General of Civil Aviation Azharuddin...

By Eileen Ng and Thomas Adamson
The Associated Press
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Emissions laws and regulations

NEW YORK >> President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming. A year after proposing unprecedented carbon dioxide limits, Obama was poised to finalize the rule at a White House event on Monday. In a video posted to Facebook, Obama said the limits were...

By Josh Lederman
The Associated Press
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Nation and World

KUNITACHI, Japan >> On a recent weekend, an 84-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing retraced his movements on a map: the inferno during his 20-kilometer (12-mile) walk home, the “black rain” of falling radioactive particles and how he felt sick days later. His audience of eight listened intently, some asking questions and taking notes. They hope to tell his story to future generations after he is gone, to take their listeners to the scene on Aug. 9,...

By Mari Yamaguchi
The Associated Press
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Weather

The Inland Empire on Sunday morning will see partly cloudy skies with patchy fog, becoming mostly sunny with 15 mph west winds with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Highs will be in the low to mid 90s. Sunday night will be mostly clear with areas of 15 mph west winds with gusts to 25 mph in the evening, becoming light with patchy fog overnight. Lows will be in the in the 60s. The outlook for the next few days will see sunny skies with gusty winds and consistent temperatures.

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Sports

Northridge’s Luke Rose swam in the 4x50-meter freestyle relay in the Special Olympics World Games on Saturday at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center, helping Team USA to a bronze medal. The 20-year-old won the silver medal in the 50 backstroke Wednesday and took fourth place in the 50 freestyle Thursday. Competing so close to home in front of his family was a highlight for Rose. “They had a really great time,” Rose said. “All my teammates and...

Wildfires

CAJON PASS >> A fire sparked by a crash on the 15 Freeway caused major traffic backups Saturday and burned a CHP officer and firefighter, officials said. A motorcycle rider suffered injuries in a collision involving his 1985 Harley Davidson, a tour bus and two other cars on the northbound 15 about 12:40 p.m., according to Brian Alvarez, a CHP spokesman. A CHP officer and a firefighter were tending to the 46-year-old motorcycle rider when an oxygen tank caught fire and...

Sports

The 100 meters in front of Wisconsin’s Olivia Quigley looked so long, the finish line so far. The sun was beating down on USC’s Loker Stadium on Thursday and the 24-year-old Quigley almost didn’t want to run. But she made a promise to her coach. “She started thinking about cancer and she says, ‘I’m going to win a gold for all the women with breast cancer,’” Quigley’s personal coach, Deb Moore-Gruenloh, said. Make that...

Elections

REDLANDS >> While some candidates are already thinking about 2016, San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos is looking ahead to 2018. “Every day I wake up and I love my job, I do. And I love the people that are working in the DA’s office,” Ramos said in a Redlands coffee shop Friday morning. “And then (California Attorney General) Kamala Harris started talking about running for United States...

Education

REDLANDS >> Last August, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not press criminal charges against the Redlands Unified School District for failing to report the sexual relationship between